Visual Diary

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Visual Diary
Visual Diary album.jpg
Studio album by
Released10 May 2001
Genre Canto-pop
Label EEG
Edison Chen chronology
Edison Chen (EP)
(2000)
Visual Diary
(2001)
Ultraman Gaia
(2001)

Visual Diary is the first full Cantonese-language album by Hong Kong pop singer-actor Edison Chen. On this album, His genre focuses mainly in the mainstream pop combining of pop-rock flavor and RnB.

Contents

Background

The song "New Stimulus" was used for his Pepsi campaign both sung in Cantonese and Mandarin under the title "Thirst". The song "Release" features label mate Joey Yung singing the chorus parts.

He collaborated with foreign musicians/producers including Korean singer Kang Ta for penning the song "回頭路" (Going Back).

"When Love'S Gonna End" was the only English song in the album.

Track listing

  1. 愛火 Fire Of Love
  2. 放任 Release (featuring Joey Yung)
  3. 緋聞 Gossip
  4. 請早說 Please Say It Early
  5. 雙手插袋 Both Hands In Pockets
  6. 新刺激 New Stimulus
  7. When love's gonna end
  8. 凍飲 Cold Drink
  9. 回頭路 Going Back
  10. 解渴 Thirst (Mandarin Version of "New Stimulus")
  11. 心中最愛 Mind's Favorites

Limited Editions

Visual Diary Version 2 album comes with a candid photos of Chen and a live album of his debut concert tour "EDISON 64" in which was held in Japan.

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